Spare-tire case.



PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

A. H. KINDER.

SPARE TIRE CASE. APPLICATION FILED I'BB.19, 1906.

- and length or brought together. -1 have shown the outer and quickly tothe same.

ARTHUR H. KINDER, OF BOXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNO R TO FRANK B. HOPEWELL,

OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPARE-TIRE CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'J'uly 2, 1 907.

Application filed FeiiruarylQ, 1906. Serial No. 801.751.

To all-whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. KlNDER, a citizen of the United States,residingin Roxbury, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improve ment in Spare-Tire Cases, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

.This invention has for its object the production of a novel tire caseto contain'aspare or extra tire to be carried' on an automobile for useshould an accident happen to a tire on a running wheel.

.My novel case is circular or ring shaped and in cross section is of awidth to fit about and lap over the tire,

the case having fastenings near its opposite edges Where they overlap atthe tread surface of the tire.

The material of which the case is composed will-pref-' erably be more orless water proof or water repellent. I have also provided oneside" ofthe case with a bufier to obviate marring the paint or finish of thebody of the automobile. I I

Figure 1 show a rear side elevation of. my novel tire case; Fig. 2 anedge view of thesame supposed to be fastened to-a tire; Fig. 3 a sectionthereof. I

In-the manufacture ol my novel tire case, I take a pluralityof strips ofsuitable material, said strips being herein lettered a, b. 'c, d and e,and I stitch the edges of these strips together making a flat strip ofsuch width as to embrace the tire fromits inner side outwardly when theepdsof'the strips are overlapped longer edges of the stripsaand e asturned inwardly andthese inturned edges are stitched as at a, e. I- setin the edge a a series of sockets f while further back from the edgee'Iseta series oistuds g'having ball-shaped heads. When the case is opened,it may be inserted into the hollow open center of the tire and I thenbend or turn the outer edges of the case outwardly, up and over thetread surface of the tire from opposite directions and overlap the edgea over the edge e and unite the fastenings by snapping the socketsoverthe studs. This may be done easily, and by engaging by hand theoverlapped edge -of the case. having the sockets the latter may almostinstantly. be disengaged from the studs, thus exposing the tire thataccess may be had -I have shown fastening-means of the ball and socketvariety as the same inay be engaged *and disengaged very securely theoverlapped parts of the case, but instead the tire case with a paint orfinish, mar the that the ends of the straps a, b, c,

quickly, and when engaged hold of the particular fastenings which areadapted to be snapped one on to the other, I may employ any other usualfastenings where one part engages directly another part. The strips whenstitched together form a single broad strip, and when the ends of thestrip are overlapped or brought together or united, the case representsa part of atube.

That the tire case when strapped on to the automobile body may not wear,mar or injure the paint or finish of the body, I have provided the innerside of buffer, preferably of felt, plush, or other soft cloth'that willnot, by contacting with the same. This buffer is represented at n and m,itbeing applied in two places to contact with the body at one end of theseat and with the bodyin line with the usual foot board. It will beobvious-that the buffer may extend entirely about the case and may becomposed of any soft material which may be. duly attached to and formpart of the case.

The case is shown as having one end fitting within or overlapping theother end, and oneend oi the case may have a buckle n and the other'astrap, 'n, there being a buckle and strap at each side of the case, thesame being connected with the parts a and e. 7 When the buckle engagesthe strap, the ends of the case will meet or overlap, and by or throughthis strap and buckle, which constitutes the adjusting means, the lengthof the case may be adapted to the diameter of the tir'e so that a personmay use one of my improved cases for tires of different diameters. Itwill be, however, understood that when the case is to fit a tire of aparticular diameter, d, and e may be united by clutching or in any othersuitable manner.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by- Letters Patent is:

A tire casecomprising a strip of material having fastenoverlapped abouta tire, one of the ends of said case adapted to fit within the otherend-and means -for adjustably connecting said ends whereby the'case may,be adapted to tires of diiferent diameters. 4

In \testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. ARTHUR H. KINDER.'

.Witnesses Gno. W. Gnnoony, MARGARET A; Dump ings at its longer edges tobe engaged when said edges are

